Exercising device.



No. 699,401. Patent ed May 6, :90'2;

w. F. LOTT.

EXERCISING DEVICE.

A lication filed Fab. 6, 1902.)v

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

W'ILLIAM F. LOTT, OF EAST- ORANGE, NElV JERSEY.

EXERCISING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,401, dated May 6,1902. Application filed February 6,1902- Serial No; 92,871. (No model.)

To aZZ 2072 0111, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM F. LOTT, a citi zen of the United States,residingat East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ExercisingDevices,-

of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein tothe accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to devices for affording exercise to the humanbody.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide for exercising with atwisting movement of the wrists in various positions of the hands andarms and other parts of the body.

Another object of my invention is to pro vide an exerciser of smalldimensions and easily portable.

My invention has various objects and advantageous features, all of whichwill hereinafter appear.

I will now describe the exercising device embodying my inventionillustrated in the accompanying drawings and'will thereafter point outmy invention in claims.

Figure l is a face View, partly in section, showing the device in normalposition. Fig. 2 is a face View showing the two swiveling parts ashaving been turned in opposite directions each through one-half of arevolution. Fig. 3 is an edge View with the device in folded position.

The exerciser is composed of two parts connected together with aswiveling connection and also connected together by elastic tensiondevices. The swiveling connection is afforded by a pivot-pin 4, which isshown as pivotally mounted at its ends in the middle portions of thecross-bars 3 of the movable parts, the pivot-joints beinginextensibleand shown as formed by shoulders and washers. The elastic tensiondevices extend across from the cross-bar of one part to the cross-bar ofthe other part and are shown as consisting of two elastic pieces orstraps 5, one at each side of the pivot-pin et and secured at their endsin the cross-bars 3, in proximity to the ends thereof. Each of themovable parts includes a handle whereby it may be grasped by the user,and in the construction shown each of these handles 1 is axially mountedso as to turn freely on a bail 2, which extends entirely through thehandle and enters and turns freely in sockets in the ends of thecorresponding cross-bar 3. As the handles 1 turn freely on the bails 2,they will not be forcibly turned by any of-the movements of theexercising device and may therefore be tightly grasped by the user andmay be pro vided with cork or other soft grips or gripping-surfaces. Thepivotalconnection of the bails 2 with the cross-bars 3 permits thehandies to be folded back upon the pivot-pin 4 and elastic pieces 5 whenthe device is not in use, as shown in Fig. 3, thus so reducing thedimensionsof the exercising device that it may be conveniently carriedabout in a pocket.

In the use of the exerciser the handles 1 are grasped by the user and aslight tension exerted to hold the handles out straight, and the userthen proceeds to twist the device, turning his hands in oppositedirections each through about half a revolution, and thereby extendingthe elastic pieces 5 against their resistance to such extension andmoving the parts of the exerciser into the position shown in Fig. 2. Hethen reverses the movements, restoring the parts to the normal position.(Shown in Fig. 1.) These movements are quickly repeated and areperformed with the hands and arms in various positions, as in thevarious positions of dumb-bell exercises. The flexibility of thestructure as a whole permits the hands and arms to be moved aboutfreely,

and the twisting movements in various positions afford pleasant andbeneficial exercise to the various muscles of the body. The amount ofresistance to the twisting movements depends upon the tensionalresistance of the elastic pieces, and the desired degree of resistancemay be had by providing elastic pieces of proper strength.

It is evident that various modifications may be made in the constructionabove particularly described, and shown in the drawings, within thespirit and scope of my invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An exerciser comprising two parts each having a handle, the two partshaving an inextensible swiveling connection and also con cross-barstogether.

nected by elastic means constructed to atford tensional resistance tothe swiveling movement.

2. An exerciser comprising two parts each having a handle and across-bar connected together, the two cross-bars having a swivelingconnection and also connected by elastic means constructed to affordtensional resistance to the swiveling movement.

3. An exerciser comprising two parts each having a cross -bar flexiblyconnected together, the two cross-bars having an inextensible swivelingconnection and also connected by elastic means constructed to affordtensional resistance to the swiveling movement.

4. An exerciser comprising two parts each having a handle, a pivot-pinconnecting the two parts together with a swiveling connection, andelastic tension devices also connecting the parts together.

' 5. An exerciser comprising two parts each having a handle and across-bar connected together, apivot-pin connecting the two crossbarstogether with a swiveling connection, and elastic tension devices alsoconnecting the 6. An exerciser comprising two parts each having a handleand a cross-bar flexibly connected together, a pivot-pin connecting thetwo cross-bars together with a swiveling connection, and elastic tensiondevices also connecting the cross-bars together.

7. In an exerciser, in combination, two cross-bars, a pivot-pinconnecting them to gether with a swiveling connection, elastic tensiondevices also connecting the cross-bars together, and two handles, onefor each crossbar, each handle being mounted upon a bail pivotallyconnected to its corresponding crossbar.

8. In an exerciser, in combination, two cross-bars, a pivot-pin mediallyconnecting them together with a swiveling connection, elastic tensiondevices connecting the crossbars together in proximity to the ends ofthe cross-bars, and two handles, one for each cross bar, each handlebeing axially rotatively mounted upon a bail pivotally connected to itscorresponding cross-bar, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my sig nature in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM F. LOTT.

Witnesses:

HENRY D. WILLIAMS, JOHN II. BARNES.

